Improvement in bale-ties



W.; SILVESPI'ER. Bale-Tie;

Pate'ntedvNpv. 27, 1877.

Q [NVENTUR NJETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SILVESTER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO WALTER ARMITAGE, OF SAME PLACE.

MPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,570, dated November 27, 1877; application filed November 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SILVESTER, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and of which Figure 1 is a front view; and Fig. 2, a section taken at as m, Fig. 1.

The invention relates to that class of baleties where the ends of the hoop-iron are simply bent over and slipped under, no holes are required.

The socket is formed by two wings, c a, connected together at their rear part, of a short length only, in order to save metal. Both wings a c are provided inside with small ribs fied.

WILLIAM SILVESTER. WVitnesses:

J; J. MCCORMICK,

W. B. OONNOLLY. 

